Cake-machine



Patented April 5,188L

I-I. DUGSH. Cake` Machine.

(No Model.)

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NAFETHS, PNNI'I'LLITHDGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

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, Cake Machine. No.' 239,743. Patented April 5,1881.

UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY DUOsH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AssieNoR To J. w. RUGER ANDAUGUSTUS RUGER, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CAKE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,748. dated April 5,1881.

Application led January 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DUesH, of Ball timore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful `throughwhich the soft dough is forced by means of a follower or plunger and cutup into cakes by. means of reciprocating knives.

The invention relates more particularly to the construction o fthecuttingmechauism, and has for its object to simplify the constructionof the cutting mechanism and increase its speed and efficacy.

My invention consi-sts of the construction and arrangement ot' theymechanism whereby the movement of the cutter is controlled, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure l is aside elevation ot a machine provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal secti'onal elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection in line oo Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the cuttermechanism on an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures. A

A A represent the side frames of the machine.

B is the dough-box, secured between the upper portions ofthe sideframes, AA, and O is the endlessfeed-apron, arranged longitudinallybetween the lower portions of the side frames, A, below the doughbox B.

, d is the horizontal driving-shaft, supported iu bearings in the lowerparts of the side frames below the endless apron, and D is the driving-pulley secured to one end of the shaft d.

e is a horizontal shaft, arranged above the dough-box B in bearingsformed in the upper ends of the upper portions ofthe side frames.

F is a ra-tehet-wheel secured to one end of the shaft e, and f is anarmprovided with a pawl, whereby the ratehetwheel is rotated at everyforward movement of the arm f.

g is a rod. whereby the-arm f is actuated from a rock-lever, G, pivotedto one of the side frames, and H is an eccentric mounted on thedriving-shaft d, and imparting motion t0 the rock-lever Gr by a rod, h.The rod gis connected with the rock-lever by means of a bolt, which isadjustable in a slotin the lever, whereby the throw ot' the arm f isregulated.

i is a vertical screw-shaft which actuates the follower, and l I are apair of bevel-wheels, which transmit motion from the horizontal shaft oto the screw-shaft t'.

K represents a gear-wheel secured to the driving-shaft d on theouterside of each side frame, A. and L is a similar gear-wheel turningon an arbor on each side frame, A, and meshing with the correspondingwheel K.

l Z are two connecting-rods, which are pivoted with one end to thewheels L, which serve as crank-wheels, and with the other end to across-head, M, which extends across the machine above the endless apronin the rear of the dough-box.

m are longitudinal bars or arms, whichV are rigidly secured to thecross-head M,l and eX- tend forward of the same under the doughboX,where they carry the wire cutters n,which are secured transverselybetween the ends of the arms mA o is a link-shaped guide or groove`arranged on the inner side of the upper portion of each side frame,A,`below the bottom of the doughboX ;4 ando is a stud, pin, or rollerattached to the outer arms, m, and running iuthe'adjacent groove o. Thelatter is so formed that during the forward movement of the crosshead Mthe rollers ol will travel in the upper horizontal part of the guide andkeep the cut-V ters in contact with the bott-om of the doughbox, therebysevering the dough protruding from the apertures of ,the dough-box,while during the return movement of the cutter relaxed and permit therollers o to descend from the upper to the lower part of the groove o,and that during the backward movement of the cutters the springs p willbe strained, so

that when the limit of the backward movement is reached the rollers owill'be drawn up from the lower to the upper part of the groove by thetension of the springs. The apertures through which the dough is forcedfrom the dough-box are preferably surrounded by downwardly-projectingcollars or cups s, having on the side from which the cutter approachesthe aperture an inclined rib, s', which dcpresses the wire-cutter andguides the latter upon the face of the aperture. The apertures areformed in a plate which is removably fitted in the bottom of thedough-box, so that plates with apertures of different forms may be used'at the desire of the operator. The wires n cut a row of cakes duringtheir forward movement, then drop and return below the projecting dough,and are then raised up to again 25 make their forward and cuttingmovement in contact with the bottom of the dough-box.

The guides o are provided with an opening at their rear sides, throughwhich the rollers or pins o are introduced into the guides and withdrawntherefrom.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the dough-box, of areciprocating cutter, link-shaped guides o, whereby the cutter isalternately raised and lowered, and mechanism whereby the movement ofthe cutter-frame in the guides is controlled, substantially as setforth.

2j The combination7 with the dough-box B` ofthe cross-head M, providedwith arms m, having rollers or pins o', and carrying the cutter n,link-shaped guides o, and springs p, substantially as set forth.

HENRY DUC-SH.

Witnesses JNO. T. MADDOX, R. D. WILLIAMS.

